College of the Ozarks at UNT DALLAS
 
When: February 22, 2025
Tip-off: 4:00 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas (Ellis Davis Field House)
Watch: SAC Sports Network
Livestats: untdathletics.com
Social Media: UNTD Athletics on X and Instagram
 
SCHEDULE SHUFFLE
- UNT Dallas men's basketball returns to Ellis Davis Field House for final two regular season games.
- Inclement weather in the Midwest affected traveling for UNTD's opponents, so the original Thursday date was moved to a Monday. The order of oppositions remains the same, with the other team being at Nelson during this trip.
- The Trailblazers will play College of the Ozarks on Saturday around 4:00 p.m., while ending the season with John Brown on Monday at a time to be determined.
 
TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK
- UNT Dallas has one scenario to clinch the eighth and final seed of the Sooner Athletic Conference Championship tournament. The team is currently in ninth with an 8-14 record. The team is 11-14 overall.
- The Trailblazers must win both of their games and need Mid-America Christian to defeat Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday to secure their first tournament berth since 2021-22. Oklahoma Panhandle State holds the tiebreaker.
- Science and Arts entered the final week tied with UNTD in the standings. The Trailblazers hold that tiebreaker if they tied. A three-way tie between the trio would go to Oklahoma Panhandle State.
 
BACKCOURT TANDEM TO BE RECOGNIZED
- On Saturday, the UNT Dallas men's basketball program plans to honor graduating seniors Vernon Johnson (DeSoto, Texas) and Jayden Johnson-Blair (Dallas, Texas).
- The duo are the only players to see more than 800 minutes on the court this season.
 
CONFERENCE LEADERBOARD/PLAYER NOTES
- Junior Greg Crawford (Houston, Texas) leads the team with 445 points and ranks fifth in the league with 17.8 points-per-game. He is also atop the team and conference with 243 rebounds, and 9.7 rebounds per contest.  
- Senior Vernon Johnson (DeSoto, Texas) is first in the SAC in steals with 45.
- Senior Ashton Howard (Cedar Hill, Texas) continues to lead the conference with his program record 49 blocks.
- Johnson-Blair leads the team in assists with 118, which sets the new season record. He also is the career leader in assists with 235 assists.
- Senior Demaryon Thornton (Chicago, Ill.) has combined for seven made three-pointers with at least three in the past two contests. He has a combined for 26 points.
 
UNT Dallas Season Stats
 
NOTES ON BOBCATS
- College of the Ozarks enters with a 9-16 record and 7-15 conference record.
- The Bobcats fell 73-61 last Monday to Wayland Baptist.
- They edged Oklahoma Panhandle State last Saturday for their first win in the past five games.
- The team is 4-7 on the road.
- Garrett Snyder leads the team in scoring with 392 points, while Andrew Dalton has 376.
 
COFO Season Stats
 
PREVIOUS MEETING
- UNT Dallas fell 88-80 in early January to the Bobcats.
- An early deficit was closed to four points by halftime, but the Trailblazers could not overcome the slow beginning.
- Junior Daniel Sohn (Aledo, Texas) led the team with 26 points and eight rebounds.
- Crawford had 15 points and seven boards in 20 minutes.
- Snyder scored 43 points, while Jay Baxter had a close double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds.
 

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John Brown vs. UNT DALLAS
 
When: February 24, 2025
Tip-off: 8:00 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas (Ellis Davis Field House)
Watch: SAC Sports Network
Livestats: untdathletics.com
Social Media: UNTD Athletics on X and Instagram
 
NOTES ON GOLDEN EAGLES
- John Brown enters with an 18-8 record and 16-6 conference mark.
- The Golden Eagles are riding a five-game winning streak.
- They edged Wayland Baptist, 75-72, in overtime last Saturday.
- JBU is 6-5 in away games this season.
- Drew Miller leads the team with 424 points and is averaging 16.3.
- Trae Oetting is another prominent scorer with 13.9 points-per-game.
- Miller and Oetting headline the rebounding with 161 and 124, respectively.
- John Brown leads the league in three-point field goal percentage with a 37.1-clip, while leading in the lowest opponent 3-point field goal percentage with a 28.6-clip. The Golden Eagles are second in scoring and assists.
 
JBU Season Stats
 
EARLIER MATCHUP
- UNT Dallas dropped a road contest in January with an 82-74 final. The Trailblazers trailed by four at halftime for the second time in as many days on the trip and could not overcome the gap late in the final minutes.
- Sohn had a road trip to remember with 19 points, six rebounds, and five steals to follow his Ozark's performance with another great stat line.
- Crawford matched the high in scoring with 19 points in just as many minutes played.
- Thornton chipped in 11 points.
- Oetting scored 17 points and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line.
- Elijah Lawrence also had 17 points. Miller and Jack Ullom registered 12 points apiece.